Inglorious

/ɪnˈɡlɔɹi.əs/ · adjective

Meaning

Ignominious; disgraceful..

Definitions by Sense

1. Ignominious; disgraceful.
2. (now rare) Not famous; obscure.

Example Sentences

Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?

Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East, as affording scope for his spirit of enterprise.

[H]e cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious.

The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him.

Great Julius [Caesar], whom now all the world admires / The more he grew in years, the more inflam’d / With glory, wept that he had liv’d ſo long / Inglorious: but thou yet art not too late.

Synonyms for inglorious

Antonyms for inglorious

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Word Forms

• more inglorious
• most inglorious

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